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PUNGHING AND BIVETING MACHINE.

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PUNCHINGAND R'IVETIN MAcI-IINE.

si ncrrrca'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,708, dated July 31, 1906.

I Application filed January 2, 1900- Serlal No. 36. (No model.) 1

To aZZ whom it mag concern: Be it known-that L'FRIEDRICH' BRUNEI, of

Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Punching and Riveting lvlachinemof which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

Myimprovements in punching and riveting machines are illustrated herewith in'a machine adapted for securing metal bail-ears to tin or other metal pails. The machine is adapted for avariety of work of an'analogous character. a r

The invention consists of the machine, its parts, and combinations of parts, as herein described and claimed,'or the equivalents thereof.

In' the drawings, Figure 1 is about eleva tion of a machine embodying my improvements, parts being broken away for convenience'o'f illustration. Fig. 2 is a view of that side of the machine at t e left in Fig. 1, the upper portion'bein'gin section and parts being broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 3 isa rear elevation of the machine, parts being broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. his a horizontal section on line 4 f Fig. 1 looking downwardly. Fig. 5 is a. central vertical section of the mechanism and devices employed immediatelyin and about the punchingand rivetingprocess. Fig. 6 is a plan of parts shown in section in Fig. 5, upper parts shown in Fig. 5 being omitted.

Fig. 7 is a plan of parts partially shown in plan of a fragment of the ear-chute and of the ear-holder. Fig. .13is an end view of the ear holder and chute. Fig. lat is a transverse section ofthe ear-chute on line 14 14 of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a central vertical section of the rivethopper and feed mechanism. Fig. 16is a vertical section on line 16 16 of Fig. 15.. Fig. 17

is a transverse section of the ear-supply well on line 1717 of Fig. 2. Fig. 18 is a top plan view of feeding mechanism for delivering ears to the ear-chute. Fig. 19 is a vertical section of the plunger-die and the riveting-set. Fig. 20 is a view'of clutch mechanism showing the face of one member of the clutch on the shaft that is shown in section. Fig. 21 is a sect-ion on line 21 21 of Fig. 20. Fig. 22 is a section on line 22 22 of Fig. 24. Fig. 23 is a plan of a clutch device employed in the mechanism shown in Fig. 20. Fig. 24 is a face or" 20, the shaft being'in section and the rim of the fiy-wheelto which this member of the clutch is secured being broken away. Fig. .25is a detail of a friction clutch. I

' lnithe drawings, A is a frame of suitable size and form to support thereon the mechanism and apparatus involved in my invention. An anvil 1 is secured to and projects' from the frame. The anvil isv adapted to support the rivet and the pail or utensil, (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) to which pail the bail ear is secured by means of rivets inserted and headed down by my improved machine. Above the anvil a doubly-cranked drivingshaft 2 is mounted in boxes 33 therefor on the frame. A belt pulley 4 is loose on the 'shaft. The rim of this belt-pulley is advisably made heavy, so as to serve the purpose of asteadying-fiy-wheel. A clutch member 5, Figs. 1, 2,3, and 24, is fixed to and is preferably made apart of the hub of the wheel 4. The clutch member 5 has a circular laterallyprojecting disk 6, which is provided in its face with one, and preferably two, (as shown,) segmental recesses 7 7. These recesses at their initial ends commence at the surface of the disk and increase in depth and at their terminal ends. are lined or faced with steel seats 8 8, Figs. 22 and 24:, for re'ceiving'thereon the thrust and bearing of pawls mounted on the other clutch member. The conziplemen- ,tary clutch member 9, Figs-1, 3, and 20, is keyed on the shaft 2 andis looatedadjacent to the clutch member 5. Apawl or pawls 1O 10 (preferably two) are mounted in the clutch member 9 and are adapted to engage the clutch member 5 bycontact with and bearing on the seats 8 8. These pawls 10 10 arelocated in recesses therefor in the face of the member 9, and the pawl 10 is rigid on a rockshaft 11, also located in a recess therefor'in the member 9, in which it is secured revolubly by means of straps 14 over the ends of the rock-shaft and secured in recesses therefor in the member 9 by screws. The

rock-shaft 11 is 'also provided with a finger 12, Figs. 20 and 21, the free vend of which takes into a recess therefor in the free ex tremity of the pawl 10. Springs 13 13' are placed, respectively, behind the pawls 10 and 10 and are adapted to force the free ends of the pawls outwardly and into engagement? with the seats 8 8 of the clutch member 5.

' By the oscillation of the rock-shaft 11 the recesses thereforin the member 9 and out of pawls 10 and 10 may be withdrawn into the engagement with the member 5. The pawl 10 is provided withlaterally-projecting trunnions, by means of which it is pivoted in the member 9, being held in place by a plate 15.

over the trunnions secured to the member 9. The rock-shaft 11' is also provided with a radial arm 16, which is substantially in the same radial plane from the rock-shaft with the pawl'10 and the finger 12 and lies in a recess therefor in the'face of the clutch'member 9 when the pawl 10 and the finger 12 arein their recesses in the member 9 and swings outwardly away from the face of the member 9 when the pawl 10 and the finger 12 swing outw wardly actuated by the springs. 13 and 13. This arm 16 is located at a distance from the axis of the shaft 2 greater than the radiusof'" the disk 6 on the member5 and is in the path of the clutch-shifting head 17, Figs. 1,3, 20, and 23, which head is fixed on a stem 18, mounted movably endwise in the frame and is held yieldingly upwardly in the path of the arm 16 by a spring 19, coiled about the stem v and-bearing downwardly against the frame and upwardly against a collar fixed on the stem. A rod 20 connects the stem 18 to a footpedal 21. By means of this construction the attendant mayjdraw the clutch-shifting head 17 downwardly temporarily out of the path of the arm 16, permitting the pawls 1O 10 to be adapted to receive therein the stems of the rivets B B when being inserted in thepail and ear being affixed to the pail.' This plunger 22, with its head 22, may properly be called'the plunger-die. The pitmen 23 25 are preferably made in two parts connected together by sleeve-like turnbuckles 27 27, whereby the lengths of the pitmen may be adjusted. V Set-nuts 28 28,turning on the pitmen against the ends of the turnbuckles 27, lock them in place. Theriveting-sets 26 are secured removably in their head 24 by means of inset holding-screws 29. The bodies 26 of theriveting-sets are preferably enlarged and made to bear movably against surfaces therefor on the inside of the head 22; whereby the riveting-sets are additionally supported at the period of active work. 7 I

The anvil 1 is provided with a steel face 30, secured to the'anvil by a screw 31. Asmall plate or false anvil 32 is mounted at a little distance above the face of the anvil and beturn into the false anvil and'extend down wardly through apertures therefor in the face 30of the anvil, the feet of these legs, which,

as shown, are the heads of the screws, bear ing .upwardly against the steel face and preventing the upward movement of the false anvil beyond the distance predetermined and- ,to which the legs are adjusted. The feet of these legs are movable vertically in sockets therefor in the anvil. A spring 34, placed in a socket therefor in the anvil, acts upwardly against the false anvil 32 and holds it yieldingly in its elevated position. (Shown in Figs. 5, 8, and 11.) i

, The anvil-face 30 is provided withrivetsupporting elevations 35 35, Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11, located adjacent and parallel to each other on the face 30, the front ends of which elevations are fiat on top, Figs. 8 and 11, being thereby adapted to support the rivets B thereon while being inserted in the pailand ear and which elevations are inclined rearwardly downwardly to the surface of the face 30. Recessesare provided in the false anvil 32, in which these elevations 35 35 are received and which permit of the depressing of the false anvil 32 to a plane with or belowthe top surfaces of the elevations 35 35. The rearwardly-i-nclined surfaces of the elevations 35 form the bottoms of ways, and the side walls of the recesses in the false anvil 32 form the walls of the ways along which the rivets are pushed upto position on the flat frontter- 'minal top surfaces of the elevations 35 35,

ments of the plunger 22. i The plunger 22 at itslower extremity is provided with a termi nal head. 22', which head in its lower end'face is-provided Wit-h apertures adapted to receive andpermit of the movement endwise therein of the riveting-sets 26 26, and whenthese sets are withdrawn. upwardly the apertures are where they rest fog insertion 'in the pail and ear. Y

Hoppers 36, Figs. 2, 3, 15, and 16, are pro vided for holding supplies of. rivets and de= livering them to mechanism adapted to put the rivets in place for being inserted through the pail'and the ear to be secured thereto.

'Ihese hoppers 36 are conveniently made of thereon the heads of the rivets.

two members secured together by bolts, and each hopper is provided with an elongated inclined bottom adapted to cause the rivets to move by gravity to the central elongated line of the bottom of the hopper. Along this central elongated line of the bottom of the hopper there is a tiltable arm or false bottom 37, which is pivoted in the hopper at one side and closes the bottom of the hopper, as shown.

in Figs. and 1.6. This false bottom 37 has a straight edge normally forming the central elongated bottom-of the hopper and thence continues in a curved direction around its pivot. This edge of the false bottom is provided with a channel 38 of such width and depth as adapts it to receive therein the stems of the rivets B, while the edge of the false bottom, both in that portion of it that is normally the bottom of the hopper and the continuation thereof in circular direction around its pivot, is adapted to receive and support The curved edge .39 of the false bottom is inclosed by the curved part 40 of the hopper, but at such distance therefrom as to permit of the free passage of the heads of the rivets B between the curved edge of the false bottom and the curved portion of the hopper, so that when the false bottom 37 is uptilted in the hoppers substantially-to the extent indicated in the dotted line in Fig. 15 the rivets that have fallen on the edges of the false bottoms in the hoppers and whose stems have entered the channels therein will by gravity slide around the curved ends of the false bottoms to the tubular conveyers 41 41, Figs. 2 and 3, extending downwardly to a rec'iprocable plate 42, Figs. 2, 5, 6, 8, and 10, which is provided with vertical apertures 43, disposed to register initially with the discharging ends of the conveyors 41. The plate 42 is supported reciprocably on blocks 44 45, the furcate front extremities of the plate 42 being let into grooved ways therefor in the surface of the block 44. The plate 42 is provided medially with a downwardly-extending rib 46, which is provided with a guide-rod 47, extending rearwardly and passing movably through the block 45. An expanding spring 48, coiled about the rod 47 and bearing, respectively, against the rib 46 and the block 45, is adapted to hold the plate 42 yieldingly forward in its initial position. In this position :the apertures 43 43 register with the lower ends or mouths of the conveyers 41 41. Just at the rear of the apertures 43 43 when the plate 42 is in its ini tial position (shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 8) there are Vertical passages 49 49 from the plate 42 downwardly to other passages 49 49, continuous therewith in a horizontaldirection in the lower surface of the block 44. The block 44 is supported on a bed-plate 50, which is fixed to the frame and which is substantially a part of and continuous with the anvil 1. The steel face of the anvil is flush with the surface of the bed-plate 50, Figs. 5 and 8. The top surface of the bed-plate and the top surface of the face of the anvil and the incline up the elevation form the substantially-horizontal passageways 49' 49', along which the rivets are moved.

A rivet-pusher comprising a main member 51 and thereto-hinged pilot members 52 52 rests 011 the bed and is reciprocable there-' on. The pilot members 52 52 are provided at their rear extremities with ears 53 53, that are in alinement with and are secured by a pivot-pin to the ear 54 on the front end of the member 51. The pilot members 52 are disposed to travel in the passages 49' 49. The front extremities of the members 52 52 are undercut from the upper surface downwardly and are provided near their lower surfaces with shoulders adapted to contact against the edges of the heads of the rivets B, and thus push them along, while the overhanging upper portion of the front edges of these members 52 are adapted to rest against the stem of the rivets, Figs. 6, 7, and 8.

For reciprocating the rivet-pusher a rockshaft 55, mounted in standards therefor fixed on the bed 50, is provided with a crank-arm 56,that is connected bya link 57 to a lug 58, fixed on the pusher-plate 51, and another crank-arm 59 on the rock-shaft 55, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is connected by a link-6O to a stud 61, fixed on the plunger 22. The construction is such that as the plunger 22 goes down the rivet-pusher 51 is withdrawn rearwardly until the front ends of the pilots 52 52 are just at the rear of the vertical passages 49 49, and near the termination of the movement of the pusher 51 rearwardly the rib 46 is contacted by a shoulder 62, formed in the member 51, and thereby the plate 42 is also moved rearwardly with the pusher 51 to such extent as to bring the apertures 43 43 in to registration with the passages 49 49 and permit the rivets in the apertures 43 to fall in the passages 49 49 to the bottom of the passages 49 in front of the pilots 22. Thereupon as the plunger 52 is elevated the rock-shaft is oscillated in the other direction and the rivet-pusher forces the rivets along the passages 49 49 to and up the inclines at the rear of the elevations 35 onto the flat tops of the front extremities of the elevations 35, the rivets then being in the positions shown singly in Fig. 8 and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5. The plate 42 is of a thickness equal to the length of the rivets, so that when the first rivets of the continuous lines of rivets coming down the conveyers 41 have entered the apertures 43 thesucceeding rivets are just above the surface of the plate 42, so that as the plate 42 is withdrawn rearwardly to bring the rivets in the apertures 43 into registration with the passages 49 the lines of rivets in the conveyers 41 are prevented from advancing by the 1 drawing of the plate 42 under the mouths of the conveyers, and thus closing them until the plate 42 is returned to its initial position, permitting the succeeding rivets to advance into the apertures43.

lt willbe noted that the front or radiallydistant edge '62 of the false bottom37-is curved segmentally and fits to a corresponding curve of the front wall of the hopper 36;"

' For uptilting-the false bottoms 37* the hoppers 36 with suflicient frequency to keep the conveyers 41- supplied with rivets the shaft 63, Figs. 2, 3, 15, and 16, which is rigid to the false bottoms, is provided with a crankarm 64, that in turn is connected byalink 65 to one arm of a belLcrank 66, the other arm of which bell-crank is provided with a crankpinlocated between and bearing against bearing-studs 67 '67, fixed on the plunger 22. construction is such that-as the plunger 22 is elevated it causes the uptilting of the false bottom 37 in the manner and to the extent shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 15;

- When the rivets are in position on the elevations 35 and a pail, as indicated in dot ted lines in Figs. 2 and '5, is placed in such relation thereto as to be adapted to have a bail-ear secured thereto by the rivets, the car the eyes fixed in the lifter, which eyes pro-' must bebrought to a proper position with reference to the pail and opposite the rivets for the'completion of the process. For this purpose I provide a well 68,Figs. 2,3,and 17 ,secured to'the frame in upright position, which is of a suitable size to receive therein, piled one on top of the other, a suitable supply of ears 0 C. The front walls of this well consist of two hinged members 69 69 or doors adapted to open medially,swin gin g outwardly from their abutting edges, and to close together and to be held in place conveniently by hooks 7 O 7 O. The form of this well in crosssection is such'as to adapt it to receive loosely therein through the opened front side the ears 0, Fig. 17, and hold them in position against lateral displacement. A false bottom orlifter 71 in this'well is provided with eyes that project laterally through slots 72 72 therefor in the side walls ofthe well, and weights 73 73 are connected by cords 74 74, which run over idle'pulleys 7575, mounted on the frame, to

ject through the slots 72 72. These-weights are adapted to elevate the lifter 71 with its in the well.

in which a movable slide 78 is reciprocab le.

and overturned topedges' of such form and The.

At the other side of thewell there is a down top ear of the supply in the well and shove it off laterally into the chute 79, down which it passes by gravity. The slide 78 is provided with a stud 80, which is connectedby a rod 81 tothe crank-pin on one arm of the bellcrank 66. The construction is such that as the plunger 22 goes up it forces the slide 78 under'and against the top ear of the supply in the well and pushes it over into the chute The chute 7 9 is provided with side walls size as are adapted to hold the ears 0 in substantially the position while they descend in the chute that they are received from the well. The cars are so elongated in one direction-thatthey can not swing around laterally to any improper extent while descending the chute.

gripping devices 83 83. These gripping de-' vices consist of oppositely disposed longitudinally inclined and vertically beveled blocks fixed on the extremities of flat springs 84 84,-that are secured to the side walls of the chute 79. The construction of these gripping devices is such that the ear 0 as it comes thereto contacts at the opposite edges of its broadest part with the inclined'and beveled walls of the devices 83, and is thereby held lightly, but so as to permit the smaller upper extremity C of the ear to drop down into a corresponding recess therefor in the front end of the block 44, Fig. 5, and be held in this position until pushed therefrom downwardly "by the plunger-die asit comes down thereon, 'causing it to fall onto the surface of the pail in position for receiving therethrough the rivets standing on the anvil-elevations-35.

' The recess in the-block 44, in which the upwall of the pail and up through the apertures therefor in the ear 0, at the same time carryingthe wall of the pail down onto the false anvil 32 and pushing this down with the pail and ear .until the heads of the rivets are set against the inner surface of the wall of the pail, and thereupon while in this position the riveting-sets 26 come down onto the ends of the stems of the rivets and upset them, thus heading them down on and against the outer surface of the ear G.

It will be noted that the movements of the machine are controlled by the attendant, so far as starting it is concerned, by and through the pedal 21. It is also desirable to have the machine so controlled that it will promptly stop and not continue to move by mere momentum. For this purpose Iprovide a brake device, Figs. 1, 3, and 25, consisting of an arm 85, pivoted on the frame and provided with an enlarged split extremity, the fingers 85 85 being severally in semicircular form and secured together at their outer extremities by a clamping-bolt 86. These curved furcate fingers are lined with leather 87, which bears frictionally on a cylindrical hub 88, splined on the shaft 2. This brake device by means of the bolt 86 is made to bear on the hub 88 with such tightness as to quickly stop the rotation of the shaft when not actuated by the positive force of the driving medium.

What I claim as my invention is 1. Apunching and riveting machine, comprising an anvil for supporting rivets and the utensil to be riveted to, a plunger-die'adapted to force a utensil upon the rivets as punches, rivet-sets movable with and in the plungerdie in apertures therefor in the plunger-die adapted to receive the rivets when the rivetsets are Withdrawn, means for delivering ears in proper position to be secured to the utensil, and means for placing rivets in position for punching the utensil and for insertion in the ear, the construction being adapted to force the rivets through the utensil and to upset the rivets at a single reciprocation of the plunger-die and the rivet-sets.

2. In a punching and riveting machine, an anvil, an elevated rivet support on the anvil, on which support the rivet rests before and While being inserted in and riveted to the utensil, a movable false anvil above the an vil alongside the elevated rivet-support, and a movable plunger-die .adapted to force the wall of a utensil down with the false anvil and about the rivet as a punch up through the utensil and into the die.

3. In a punching and riveting machine, an anvil, an elevated rivet-support on the anvil, a rivet passage or way leading to the elevated rivet-support, means adapted to push the rivet along the way to the elevated support, and a movable plunger-die adapted to force the wall of a utensil down about the rivet as a punch, the rivet passing through the utensil and into the die.

4. In a punching and riveting machine, an anvil, an elevated rivet support on the anvil, a rivet passage or way leading to the elevated rivet-support, a reciprocable rivet-pusher located in the rivet-way, means for reciprocating the pusher and a movable plunger-die adapted to force the wall of a utensil down about the rivet as a punch.

5. In a punching and riveting machine, a

reciprocable plunger-die, an anvil, an elevated rivet-support on the anvil, a horizontal and upwardly inclined rivet passage way leading to the elevated rivet-support, a pusher in the rivet-way provided with a hinged pilot, and a rock-shaft connected by one crank to the pusher and by another crank to said plunger-die. r

6. A rivet holding and delivering hopper, comprising a receptacle having walls inclined downwardly to an elongated uptiltable bottom, said uptiltable bottom being pivoted near one end and being provided with a rivetchannel along its edge that forms a bottom to the hopper, said edge and channel continuing therefrom in a curve about the hub or end of the uptiltable bottom in a substantiallysemicircular course concentrically around its pivotal axis to a place of discharge of the rivets, said channel being of a size and form adapted to receive the stems of rivets therein while the rivet-heads are on the edge of the uptiltable bottom, and a portion of the hop per adjacent to and aboutthe hub or curved part of the channel edge of the uptiltable bottom ata constant distance therefrom form ing therewith a way for the bearing and travel of rivets partially around the axis of the uptiltable bottom and concentrically therewith to the place of discharge, the construction being such that the rivets in the hub or curved edge of the uptiltable bottom are overturned and advanced to the place of discharge by frictional contact with the oscillating bottom.

7. In a punching and riveting machine, a means for oscillating an uptiltable rivet-car rying and rivet-moving hopper-bottom, comprising the uptiltable bottom in the hopper, a shaft fixed to and serving as the pivot of the uptiltable bottom, a crank-arm on the shaft, a bell-crank pivoted on a fixed support one arm of which bell-crank is connected to the crank-arm on the shaft, and a vertically reciprocable plunger provided with horizon tal ways, in which a wrist-pin on one arm of the bell-crank rides.

8. In a riveting-machine, the combination with a reciprocable rivet-holding plate provided with a rib, of a spring adapted to hold the plate to initial position, and a reciprocating rivet-pusher provided with a shoulder adapted near the close of the movement of the pusher in one direction to engage the reciprocable rivet-plate and shift it temporarily from its initial position.

9. In a machine for securing bail-ears to utensils, an ear-holding well, a lifter in the well adapted to elevate ears therein and deliver them at the top to an ear-chute extending downwardly from the top of the well, a slide in ways reciprocable to and across the top of the well adapted to push an ear from the well into the chute, a bell-crank one arm of which is connected to said slide and the other arm of which rides in horizontal ways fixed on a vertically-reciprocating plunger.

10. An ear-manipulating device, compris- 7 names I ing a bail-ear chute having its bottom at the discharging end out out to the contour of the upper portion of the bail-ear, inclined and beveled blocks at the end of the chute, the blocks being on springs secured to the chute and being adapted to catch and hold the forward end of the ear and permit the rear upper end thereof to fall to a seat below the chute 11. The combination with a bail-ear chute having its bottom at the discharging end cut out to the contour of the upper portion of the bail-ear, inclined and beveled blocks atvthe end of the chute the blocks being on springs secured to the chute and being adapted to catch and hold the forward end of the bailear and permit the rear upper end thereof to fallto a seat below the chute, and a block below the end of the chute, said block being providedwith a recess or socket in its top and end adapted to receive the end of the ear thereinon aseat as that end of the ear falls from the chute',and to holdit against lateral cent to the rivet-supports provided with a bailear-holding recess, a bail-ear chute provided at its discharging end with bail-ear-holding devices substantially above the rivet-supports, and reciprocable rivet-sets above the ear holding terminal blocks of the chute adapted to upset the rivets after they are pushed upwardly through the ear.

13. In a punching and riveting machine, a reciprocable plunger-die 22 provided with interior longitudinal ways and rivet-set openings in its forward end, adapted to receive rivets therein when the rivet-sets are withdrawn, a riveting-set head 24 reciprocable on the ways in the plunger-die, riveting-sets 26 secured detachably in the forward end'of the riveting set head and passing movably through and guided by the forward ends of the plunger-die, and means for projecting the riveting-sets from and withdrawing them into the plunger-die while the plunger-dieis 'reciprocating.

In testimony whereof I afifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

c FRIEDRICH BRUNE.

Witnessesr.

.C. '1. BENEDICT,

O.- II. KEENEY. 

